• Source: Baduhenna

In Germanic paganism, Baduhenna is a goddess. Baduhenna is solely attested in Tacitus's Annals where Tacitus records that a sacred grove in ancient Frisia was dedicated to her, and that near this grove 900 Roman soldiers were killed in 28 CE. Scholars have analyzed the name of the goddess and linked the figure to the Germanic Matres and Matronae.




Etymology


The first element of the goddess's name, Badu-, may be cognate to Proto-Germanic *badwa- meaning "battle." The second portion of the name *-henna appears as *-henae in the names of matrons, Germanic goddesses widely attested from the 1st to 5th century CE on votive stones and votive altars. Rudolf Simek states that the goddess's name etymology implies that the goddess is associated with war, and Simek points out that sacred groves are commonly associated with the Germanic peoples.




Attestation


Baduhenna is solely attested in book 4, chapter 73 of Tacitus's Annals. In chapters 73 and 74 of Annals, Tacitus describes the defeat of the Roman army in ancient Frisia:




See also


"Isis" of the Suebi, a Germanic goddess mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania
Nerthus, a Germanic goddess mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania
Regnator omnium deus, a Germanic god mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania
Rheda maybe an Anglo-Saxon goddess of war and/or spring mentioned by Bede.
Tamfana, a Germanic goddess mentioned by Tacitus in his Annals
"Hold Pade" as suggested as the location of the Baduhennae lucus in Lewis & Short




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• "Isis" orang Suebi
• Baduhenna
• Battle of Baduhenna Wood
• Vercingetorix
• List of Germanic deities
• Crixus
• Kropswolde
• List of war deities
• Third Servile War
• Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples
• List of goddesses